Scott Gardner has been named president and GM, and will have a position on the board of directors and take responsibility for all of the facility’s motorsport venues. His wife, Laura Gardner, will join the team as director of business operations.

Local business owner Ed Parker has assumed the management of the third-mile dirt oval. The salesman for P&F Metals has reached an agreement with previous track owner Oval Motorsports Inc., of Antioch, for five years.

The Englishman, who spent more than a decade with McLaren Formula One and most recently served as managing director of the TEKNO Autosports V8 Supercars team, will assume his new role as senior manager of vehicle support and team engineering for TRD.

Among the events for 2016 are the Super DIRTcar Series, the Race of Champions Modified Series, the Empire Super Sprints and the return of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series during Super DIRT Week on October 8.